Podcasts I got around to listening to this week, and what was on them, in the order I listened:

"TWIT 167: More Twit Than You Require" First half: An informative discussion of Windows 7, the replacement for Vista, which I did not care about, as a Mac user. Fast-forwarded to second half (just past 1-hour mark): Leo Laporte interview with John Hodgman, the fake-trivia expert Daily Show I'm-a-PC guy, who is on a book tour. Instead of playing a character, Hodgman gets nerd-real. It's good. Released: Nov. 2. Length: 1 hour, 45 minutes

"Diggnation: Alex's Halloween Arachnophobia" It doesn't matter how many flavors there are; Michelob is still terrible beer, and that is what Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht are drinking when they discuss the layoffs at Revision 3. Top digged article was about a fighter pilot revealing 30 years later that he was ordered to shoot down a UFO. Then I bailed, as I always seem to do, because I have less tolerance for BS on video than audio. Released: Oct. 31. Duration: 37:38.

"Buddhist Geeks, 94, Horizontal and Vertical Enlightenment" This is not about Web verticals. I rarely listen to this one, because if I had 26 minutes to spend on Buddhism, I should be meditating. Which is an excuse, of course. "Seriously Buddhist, seriously geeky." Oy, an Audible ad from the Buddhists, too. This episode continues an interview with Ken Wilber. He quotes a version of a koan that has always interested me: "Show me your original face, the face you had before your parents were born." Always reminds me of "Franklin's Tower": "In another time's forgotten space, your eyes looked through your mother's face." I listen long enough to remember I don't know much about this stuff. Maybe I'll study it some more on the bread line. Released: Oct. 27. Duration: 26 minutes.